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- Envirosuite (EVS) joins NASA’s consortium for the X-59 Community Response Testing Project
- NASA is designing and building the X-59 research aircraft, which will be fitted with technology intended to reduce the noise of a sonic boom to that of a “gentle thump”
- EVS is contracted to provide a software platform that will collect, process and visualise data from the agency’s low-sonic boom flight tests
- The deal is set to generate around $750,000 in revenue for Envirosuite
- Shares have lifted off 9.09 per cent to trade at 18 cents at 1:02 pm AEDT
Environmental tech company Envirosuite (EVS) has joined NASA’s consortium for the X-59 Community Response Testing Project.
The initiative will see NASA design and build the X-59 research aircraft — a piloted, single-seat, supersonic X-plane — with technology intended to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a “gentle thump”.
To this end, the agency’s aeronautical experts are leading a team across government and industry to collect data that could allow supersonic flight over land. This would dramatically reduce travel time in the US – or anywhere else in the world.
EVS said it would participate in the project through an indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract with an eight-year period of performance.
The first phase is scheduled to run through to the end of 2023 and will focus on preparing systems, technology and processes for large-scale testing.
Specifically, the company has been engaged to provide a software platform that will collect, process and visualise data from NASA’s low-sonic boom flight tests.
This, in turn, will enable NASA and members of the testing team to review the low sonic booms produced by aircraft together with the community response, in real time.
Envirosuite CEO Jason Cooper said it was a privilege to be selected as part of the consortium for the cutting-edge project with consortium lead, HMMH, and NASA.
“This project represents new opportunities in the innovative area of aerospace, along with the future of aviation,” he said.
“Our experienced team look forward to being part of this and bringing the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft to the skies.”
EVS has included the contract in its first-quarter sales for the 2022 financial year, with roughly $100,000 in annual recurring revenue and $750,000 in project revenue.
Shares had lifted off 9.09 per cent to trade at 18 cents each at 1:02 pm AEDT.
